Re: [privacy] Who's Buying Cell Phone Records Online? Cops

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

3 days for delivery? Next time just snail mail it to me ferg ;-)

-JP:

On 5/1/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Via MSNBC.
>
> [snip]
>
> A congressional panel investigating the fraudulent acquisition and sale of mobile phone records by Internet Web firms 
> has collected evidence that indicates law enforcement officials at the local, state and federal levels use the 
> Internet-based services as an investigative short-cut, MSNBC.com has learned. At least one Web-based data seller has 
> told Congress that the FBI is a client.
>
> The phone records are generally acquired by the resellers through fraudulent means and would not be admissible in 
> court as evidence, but they are still helpful as an investigative tool, say officials familiar with the investigation.
>
> The alleged use of the customer records by law enforcement officials could raise legal and ethical questions, as it 
> would circumvent due process and years of established laws protecting consumers from random eavesdropping on 
> electronic communications.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12534959/
>
> - ferg
>
>
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